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Absolve
ABSOLVE', v.t. abzolv', [L. absolvo, from ab and solvo, to loose or release; to absolve, to finish; Heb. to loose or loosen. See Solve.]
To set free or release from some obligation, debt or responsibility; or from that which subjects a person to a burden or penalty; as to absolve a person from a promise; to absolve an offender, which amounts to an acquittal and remission of his punishment. Hence, in the civil law, the word was used for acquit; and in the canon law, for forgive, or a sentence of
remission. In ordinary language, its sense is to set free or release from an engagement. Formerly, good writers used the word in the sense of finish, accomplish; as to absolve work, in Milton; but in this sense, it seems to be obsolete.
absolve appears in definitions for these words:
Abduction Absolute Absolutory Absolvatory Absolve Absolver Apagogy Assoil Condemn Discharge Doom Impute Justifier Justify Loose Pardon Pardoner Penitentiary Quit Unabsolved
Abduction Absolute Absolutory Absolvatory Absolve Absolver Apagogy Assoil Condemn Discharge Doom Impute Justifier Justify Loose Pardon Pardoner Penitentiary Quit Unabsolved
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